{"product_id":"americanness-simon-j-bronner-9781138320987","title":"Americanness: Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmericanness: Inquiries into the Thought and Culture of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e analyzes several core themes that connect Americans because of, and despite, their pronounced diversity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book investigates shared ideas and ideals, such as individualism, mobility, materialism, and future-orientation, that drive an overarching American worldview. Simon J. Bronner begins with ideas of space and time as they formed and changed through the history of the United States, before moving to the emergence of modern American culture. He examines reasons America is characterized as having a \"victory culture\" that extends to the American legal, military, and business complexes. This victory culture is further analyzed by looking at the country's relationship with the game of football-a sport that thrives in America but has not caught on in other countries. Finally, the volume probes American consumerism driven by a desire for individual prosperity in a supposedly egalitarian society. Using interdisciplinary approaches drawn from psychology, sociology, ethnology, and history, Bronner seeks explanations for people invoking, and evoking, ideas that they perceive as American.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book would be an invaluable addition to courses on American history, sociology, cultural studies, and American studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon J. Bronner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138320986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138320987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Simon J. Bronner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982655095039,"sku":"9781138320987","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6b0370c-edb4-4194-891b-192c077143fa.jpg?v=1683262342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/americanness-simon-j-bronner-9781138320987","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}